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Is there a way to fix rviz lag?

Remote PC specs: 16GB ram, Nvidia GTx, 2.4GHz i7. It maps using a kinect with sufficient speed The robot PC is a Compaq Mini, no Nvidia, 1.6 Ghz Intel Processor, not the most responsive PC out there......
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Adding a namespace to robot frames

I am running multiple qbots in a multi-master network, and I have been able to successfully run individual robot topics under a given namespace. (eg: qbot1/mobile_base/commands/ .... , qbot2/...
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freenect /camera/depth/points topic not published under a group namespace tag

Hi! I am currently running Octomap on my Qbot using ROS kinetic and Ubuntu 16.04. (My plan is to run ROS navigation stack using the built octomap and create a multi-robot system) Because of the multi-...
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decompress jpeg depth data

OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ROS distro: kinetic Hey, I am using an old Microsoft Kienct camera and freenect for publishing the data. Subscribing to the topic "/camera/depth_registered/image_raw/...
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Unabe to Install freenect in ROS-Melodic/Ubuntu 18.04

I wanted to install freenect in ROS to take depth images using Kinect XBOX 360 1473. I cloned the repository from https://github.com/ros-drivers/freenect_stack and kept it in ~/catkin_ws/src under the ...
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ROS Kinetic on Raspbian Stretch E:Unable to locate package ros-kinetic-freenect-launch E:Unable to locate package ros-kinetic-depthimage-to-laserscan

I am planning to work on using the Kinect for map building and obstacle avoidance. I have installed ROS-Kinetic successfully by following this ROS wiki installation. I am following this installation ...
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different encodings of depth image for real & simulated kinect

Hi all I've got a Gazebo simulation of a kinect camera, where I'm subscribing to the ROS topic /camera/depth/image_raw, which is of type sensor_msgs/Image. I also ...
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Cannot get Kinect V1 and ROS Kinetic / Ubuntu 16.04 to output topics

Hi Edit: See self- reply for semi-successful update, though I still cannot get a pointcloud topic publishing (just depthcloud) I have been trying for 8.5 hours today to try and get my kinect v1 to ...
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Kinect working, but not connection to freenect or openni

Hi all, this seems to be a widespread problem, but even with all the proposed solutions I don't seem to get it to work: I am trying to use a Microsoft Kinect v2 with ROS. The camera is connected and I ...
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Difference between depth and depth_registered?

When you launch the freenect node there are topics with camera/depth/(SOMETHING) and camera/depth_registered/(SOMETHING). What is the difference between these two things? Originally posted by ...
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RVIZ, multiple cameras (kinects), same global frame

I have 2 kinects (v1 1414) running from the same launch file. I can access both in rviz but I have to switch Global Options > Fixed Frame from kinect1_link to <...
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Trouble to run kinect on freenect drivers - missing file warning

Hi, I'm trying to run kinect on Ubutu 16.04 and ROS Kinetic, NUC platform. Im new to kinect/ros/ubuntu. I tried on kinect 1414 and 1473 but the same problem. I install drivers: sudo apt-get install -y ...
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Rtabmap transform error with kinect

So I want to use rtabmap in order to map my environment. I am using Freenect to extract the data from the kinect using ...
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No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected

Someone please help. I've tried every solution I can fin on the web. I'm running ubuntu 14.04 I have a Kinect and I'd like it to work with ROS. Nothing I've tried has worked. Can anyone help me? ...
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Which RGB-D sensor is better with ROS packages?

While looking for specifications of Kinect and Xtion sensors, I found various versions such as Kinect Version 2, Kinect for Xbox one, Kinect for Xbox 360, Xtion Pro Live and WAVI Xtion. I wanted to ...
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How to map with kinect in kinetic and freenect?

I am running ubuntu 16.04, with kinetic for xbox, using a kinect for point cloud data. I want to generate a map, but I cannot figure out how to make a map of an environment. I am hoping that I can use ...
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differences between PC and ARM port with freenext.launch

I have installed ROS (Indigo) on both a regular PC and an ARM embedded board (i.MX6x SABRE-Lite). Both run Ubuntu 14.04. After launching freenect.launch on the PC almost 200 topics are created. After ...
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Openni or Freenect?

Hi guys, I'm quite new in ROS and I would like to know a general opinion about which one would you use, or which are you using nowadays and why. I would like to use a KINECT to do a SLAM and try to ...
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Format of calibration files for the freenect_stack package

I did load an calibration file into the directory the stack told me before: ...
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running kinect on ros

hi i am currently learning ROS.I am using a xbox 360 kinect sensor ,ROS indigo and ubuntu 14.04.I want to know how to gather the depth information of a kinect sensor through ros ?? what drivers need ...
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Camera Calibration with Freenect Kinect driver

Hello, I'm working with a Kinect and the Freenect driver package. The Kinect is working fine and the distances provided are also fine. But I think I should calibrate the Kinect, if I do not people ...
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Combining the depth and color data

I'm trying to use the following piece of code for acquiring depth as well as the color data from kinect. I would now like to use the depth information to extract some points/pixel in the color image ...
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Obtaining depth data from kinect

I am able to publish data from kinect using freenect_launch. How do I view extract the depth data using a python script. I am interested in obtaining the depth value corresponding to each of the pixel ...
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processing kinect depth frame is very slow

I am processing depth frame from Kinect try to find the ground floor, I am using simple method of computing for each pixel whether they belong to the equation of ground surface or not, I already ...
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Kinect for windows(first version) with ROS

I am try to use kinect for windows(first version) with ROS on a jetson I tried both freenect_stack and openni_kinect. In the both the cases I got the same error. Please let me know if you have any ...
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Speeding up pointcloud delivery to subscriber (kinect)

Hi, I am using the Nvidia Jetson + ROS + Freenect_Launch to access data from the Kinect. I am running into an issue (that I don't run into on my intel-i7 laptop) where my node who is subscribing to ...
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rtabmap_ros + Kinect = 2D map. How to? (newbie)

Hi all, as the title suggests, I need help regarding RGB-D SLAM map creation (using RTAB-Map) -- apologies in advance if I get some terms wrong: TL;DR Version: I have a Kinect and ROS Indigo in Ubuntu ...
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vision navigation in indigo

Hello, I'm searching a package which could be used for real-time vision navigation in indigo. Some people advice me to use rgbdslam , but it can't work in indigo. ...
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Kinect v2 "No devices connected..." I've tried everything

I'm at the point, I've tried literally everything for weeks now to get any kind of visualization and no dice because of No devices connected error. I'm on an intel i7 w/ hd graphics 4k running ubuntu ...
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Tutorial Turtlebot 3dsensor not working with Kinect

Hello, I am working on Ubuntu 14.04 with ROS Indigo I was following the turtlebot tutorials, and found that the roslaunch turtlebot_bringup 3dsensor.launch instruction in the 3d visualisation tutorial ...
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freenect_launch will always stop and flush when I launch rgbdslam

I am using ROS hydro on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. The problem is, since I'm using freenect to get depth and RGB images for rgbdslam, the freenect node will be okay if I leave it alone without any subscriber. ...
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How do I install OpenNI, OpenNI2 and Freenect in ROS Hydro?

I am new to ROS, and I have been trying to install the ros version of rtabmap. Everything has gone fine, but when trying to interface with a kinect sensor I am required to install the OpenNI, OpenNI2 ...
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Kinect on Jetson TK1

I cannot get Kinect (PC edition) to be detected with ROS (indigo) freenect_launch. Ubuntu (using grinch kernel) packaged freenect_glview does give me Kinect image and depth information, ROS glview ...
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Raspberry Pi +Hydro + Openni/freenect

Hi All, I am very new to ROS, raspberry pi and linux. I already install Hydro into my raspberry pi. I can run roscore. Next I want to run freenect_launch. I can'y sudo apt-get install freenect_stack. ...
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freenect - Wrong scale in the PointCloud2?

Hey, I am working on implementing a kinect in my robot-arm using MoveIt. I have an .urdf file with the kinect as a block hovering above the robot. I launch the freenect-node, perform a static ...
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using fovis and freekinect

I can't find anywhere which tells me how to us fovis or viso2 with the freekinect driver. Freekinect runs and works (I've used image_view to see the various image messages it produces), but I can find ...
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Kinect for Windows Install Ubuntu 13.04 w/Hydro

Good day everyone, I've been trying different settings to achieve this, with no success. My settings are as follow: Ubuntu 13.04 ROS version Hydro Medusa freenect_stack install as in (can't insert ...
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kinect green light keeps freshing. Seems no driver

I have installed freenect from sudo apt-get install ros-hydro-freenect-stack and also blacklist gspca_kinect(I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) But when ...
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